To: crazyhorse691
A 40mm sawed-off Shotgun,.....hmmmmmm.... would that be a 3-gauge?
33 posted on
03/10/2006 4:50:19 PM PST by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
I make it approximately 1.2 Ga.
If you want to check for yourself, first go here then go here.
35 posted on
03/10/2006 5:07:55 PM PST by
magslinger
(Pray for your enemies, It's like taking a B52 to a gun fight.)
To: SandRat
Buckshot, flechette, HE, buckshot, flechette, HE.
Reload.
Now if they could fill those 40MM rounds with willy pete......
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38 posted on
03/10/2006 5:10:04 PM PST by
Lurker
(Cuz I got one hand in my pocket and the other one is slapping a hippy.)
To: SandRat
It would be closer to a 1.125 gauge. The gauge of a weapon is determined by how many spheres of solid lead the diameter of the barrel it takes to weigh a pound. The bore of a 12 gauge is 0.729" or 18.5mm. Since the weight of a sphere varies by the cube of the diameter, a rough doubling of the diameter increases the mass of each sphere by a factor of (40mm/18.5mm)^^3 or 10.11 times. Divide 12 gauge by the factor of 10.11 to get the actual gauge.
You'll have to do that. I'm not worth a crap at math.
96 posted on
03/10/2006 9:49:59 PM PST by
308MBR
("Ah fell in ta a bhurnin' ring o' far")
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